Richard Fortin Presents

Multi-Talented Artist Vanessa Tignanelli sits down with Richard to discuss the many ongoing opportunities and projects she has in several different artistic mediums and her purpose and goals as an artist. Vanessa Tignanelli is a Canadian documentary photographer and videographer currently based in North Bay, Ontario, available for assignment. Combining her training in conceptual art, journalism an...

Artistic Director of the On The Edge Fringe Festival Kelsey Ruhl sits down with Richard to discuss her personal path as an actress in Northern Ontario as well as the ever-growing On the Edge Fringe Festival. Kelsey Ruhl is a Theatre Arts graduate of Canadore College. Ruhl first appeared in the docudrama Harold and Lorna and has since appeared in the feature films The Captive, Christmas with Tucker...

Jennifer Allison returns home to North Bay with her business Art and Sole Academy and sits down with Richard to discuss her career and creative process as a fashion and footwear designer, markers, artist and educator. Jennifer Allison is a fashion and footwear designer, maker, artist and educator. Upon graduating from the Ryerson University Fashion Design program, Jennifer has had the opportunity...

Virtual Artist Marianne Vander Dussen discusses with Richard about how the pandemic has changed her practice and medium as an artist and the potential one holds within their life. Marianne Vander Dussen is a professional artist, painting instructor, and teacher (BEd, MEd, OCT). As a self-taught artist, her mission is to empower artists of all ages and skill levels to feel confident in their art an...

Executive Director of Creative Industries in North Bay, Jaymie Lathem, sits down with Richard on today’s episode to not only discuss what it’s like to push yourself as an artist, but the ways we can beautify the community with art and projects Creative Industries is doing to help with this movement. Jaymie is an emerging artist based out of Northern Ontario. She studied drawing & painting at t...

Video Editor, Colourist, Filmmaker and Streamer sits down with Richard to talk about his personal and professional journey from moving to North Bay from Rio de Janeiro and his passion for live streaming and the future it holds. Bernardo was born and raised in the warm city of Rio de Janeiro. Filmmaking was always compelling to him and he found his true passion in video editing and colour grading....

Journalist Dave Dale sits with Richard to talk about his 30 plus years in the news and multi-media industry as well as his future with his newly rebranded magazine and how the news and media industry has changed over his career. Dave Dale is a veteran journalist who has been writing about Northern Ontario issues for more than three decades. He specializes in opinion and analysis while drawing on e...

Content Creator Kevin Love sits down with Richard to discuss his beginnings, journey to Canada and his adventure to break into the media industry with his business K. Love Productions. Kevin Love was born and raised on the small island of Nassau, Bahamas. From a young age, he had an interest in the field of arts and entertainment. With an active imagination, he took it upon himself to learn the ar...

Up and coming digital media creator Darren Summersby discusses his changes and growth as an artist in today’s industry and his adapting to it with the COVID-19 pandemic. Darren Summersby was born and raised in North Bay, Ontario, Canada. First introduced to performing arts at the age of 7, Darren has taken part in over 50 productions both on stage and off. During his high school years, Darren took...

Medussah is an original live music performance duo from Ecuador, based in North Bay, Ontario. Follow them on IG @medussah_ca and visit www.medussah.ca  "Richard Fortin Presents is a video and podcast show for, and about, the people re-shaping the ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY and making, creating, producing impactful ART work.  I’m a digital media and marketing production entrepreneur building...

Yura Monestime Director, Academic Operations and Business Development Arts and Design, Canadore College in North Bay, Ontario, Canada. Contact information: yura.monestime@canadorecollege.ca @canadorecollege -- I am very grateful to have connected with Canadore College via students like Kevin Love who recorded and edited this episode!  "Richard Fortin Presents is a video and podcast show for,...

"Richard Fortin Presents is a video and podcast show for, and about, the people re-shaping the ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY and making, creating, producing impactful ART work. I’m a digital media and marketing production entrepreneur building my small business publicly!  As the host of this wonderful little experiment it is truly my pleasure to bring you behind-the-scenes to learn how our team is buildi...

Rich and Eastend Sinatra sit down in the garden outside @suite_16_studio to talk about the scene around Hip-Hop culture in their community. Imagine: we could re-connect to find new ways to stay creative in these stressful times.    Making music and expressing ourselves can help...   @rfpmedia  @eastend.sinatra   Thanks for your attention and please know: we LOVE YOUR COMME...

A Cypherdome session is a one take cypher presenting talented artists and their skills on the mic. All original beats are produced by 7pahks. This edition featuring hip hop artist Eastend Sinatra was recorded in his home studio.  This segment is sponsored by rfpmedia.org and @Suite_16_Studios in North Bay, ON.   @7pahks   @eastend.sinatra   @rfpmedia   Let us know what you...

In this segment Rich takes a ride around town with real estate agent and developer Sohail Rouhani. You are invited to see how some of his projects are coming together and we encouraged to follow his show called UNDER CONTRACT on YouTube.   Follow Sohail: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC649...   Thanks for checking out our show!  Please let us know what you think as we love to rece...

In this segment Rich shares his vision for future events in North Bay and then chats quickly to the one-and-only beautiful artist Justine Gogoua about RESILIENCE AND ARTS.   Follow Justine on Facebook.   richard@rfpmedia.org  @rfpmedia on social channels  https://rfpmedia.org/   Much love eh,

Rich shows you behind the scenes @suite_16_studio (follow on IG!) with the RFPMEDIA crew: Ryan, Aidan and Bernardo. Our new lightbox is now up and shining... and we see the moment THE MOST SPECIAL PIANO EVER arrives in our sound-booth.   A little chat with with DAVILA (the DJ) gets us talking about the beautiful new DEEP HOUSE MUSIC being created around the world. The joy of dancing! Also, th...

Intro: Welcome!  PART 1 ( 1:10 ) - link to inspiRED E9 interview with Alix Voz from @kennedygallery in North Bay, ON.  PART 2 ( 1:50 ) - STUDENT SUMMER JOB OPPORTUNITY - apply now!  PART 3 ( 2:50 ) - let's get stronger and healthy together segment: the chin up challenge.... 9... how about you @andrewparr ??  PART 4 ( 4:20 ) - share (y)our story... let's connect and collaborate....